Tuesday, March 22, 2011

so many lovely emails arrive in my inbox every week and some weeks it is hard to get on top of them all

but when this little photo was sent yesterday i just had to share asap. . .( and finally share the one below also )

one of the wonderful things about running this small businessis forming lovely working relationships with my stockists . . .they feel like friends( though many i have never met )

one of my stores in canberra is the style emporiumthe lovely owner kerist sent me the photo above of her weekend of making !!!

it is so fabulous to see these little tags being used . . .we have sent many a pack to our stores,and sold many online so i hope there is baking and makinggoing on all over the place . . .

for christmas one of kerist's shop girls ainslee was given one of my biscuit press's from kerist . . .and she made the most beautiful batch of cloud biscuits( image below )i've been meaning to post this image ( and link ) for a whileso kerist's email yesterday prompted meto put the two friends results together . . .

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Monday, March 14, 2011

just over eight years ago the house i was living in was destroyed by firei didn't lose everything i owned, i lost a lot, but not everythingwe were lucky in the end . . . and no lives were lost . . .

i had insurance, things that could be replaced were,things that were lost were lost,things that were reparable were repaired . . .

there is now a new place to live new things have been collected more 'things' from life's journey,beautiful and meaningful bits and pieces to furnish my home, physical things, belongings, stuff . . .i have in many senses of the word . . . recovered

it was a hard year that year, but in the end, that year i lost something grater than the home i lived in,a few months lateri lost a friend who meant the world to me . . .he still walks the earthbut the loss of him in my day to day was more than the loss of my home . . .and it is the bit that still is brokenstill cracked, still lost . . .

in the end, despite all the trials that the human condition can go through, the loss we have seen in ourback yard this year here in brisbane, and in our wider earththrough earthquakes and tsunami's it is the people that are lost that make our hearts break beyond repair sometimes

all those years ago, a dear friend of minepainted me a little drawing of a bird in a nestas a housewarming present for the new home i moved to after the fire

the drawing still sits todayat the entrance to my homethere is a quote under the drawing that says . . .

we are but birds of passage and must build our nests out of what materials we can find - lady wilson

i made this into a quote tag a month ago, and although it isn't the most popular new tag picked by my stockistsit was an important one to make . . .the words are true i thinkthe words are how we must live . . .for we are just that

we are birds of passage

and some days are easier than otherssome are harder . . .today is the later

my prayers go out to the world as it continues to weep

(photo above taken on my last trip out westof a birds nest in the hedge at the front of my oma's house,a little nest covered by a tangled and strong hedge of jade )

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

we are celebrating this by having a little sale . . .for the next two weeks (offer closes March 24th)we are offering 10% store-wide (excluding shipping)to get the discount simply quote the wordAUTUMN in the discount code section of the checkout

if we run low on stock we will replenish asappromise . . .

hope you like the little photos we took of how the tags lookin situ

thanks to selene for being a fabulous hand model !

and my mum for the beautiful flowers from her garden . . .

mum has given me the most beautiful of flowers through the years from her garden . . .

Friday, March 4, 2011

as i've said before it has been so wonderful working with them and it was i must say a real delight to see them listed overnighton their US site . . .

i'll be back next week with lots of other news as am not up to doing much as this week ends . . .but in the mean time thanks to all who are spreading the newsand sending emails from around the world about these and my two poetry books . . . you are making this gal frombrisbane feel very inspired . . .

my name is kylie johnsoni am an australian artist...designer... potter... poet...something or other....this space is for imagesand rambling words about . . . my business -PAPER BOAT PRESSthe ceramics i create poetry i writethe things i make

here i share news of my work,the studio i work in,the people i share my days with,and of those who inspire me here and there . . .

they can be purchased at book stores around australia,inmy online store,and in the USA atanthropologiefor personal reasons i have not added comments to this blog, but feel free to email. i receive a lot of emails at present so please be patient, i will respond as soon as i can